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37 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I know everyone loves Hunt but Lewis is the better player. 

I have seen Hunt  get abused a couple of plays. I was pretty surprised that a guy making 100 million was getting pushed around. 

I know he is a good player but Lewis is the value. 

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1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

I know everyone loves Hunt but Lewis is the better player. 

He graded out better last year as well. With BC doing well as a starter in Hunt's place, if DLew has durability issues as the season goes on I can see the team looking to move on from his contract to retain BC. Hunt's out isn't until after next season, but after this season cutting DLew would save ~$9M iirc.

Personally, I'd love to keep all three while they're still operating under Bryce's rookie deal.

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1 hour ago, Icege said:

He graded out better last year as well. With BC doing well as a starter in Hunt's place, if DLew has durability issues as the season goes on I can see the team looking to move on from his contract to retain BC. Hunt's out isn't until after next season, but after this season cutting DLew would save ~$9M iirc.

Personally, I'd love to keep all three while they're still operating under Bryce's rookie deal.

I know everyone loves BC but he is also a 29 year old backup. His value will always be being that versatile backup for us, not starting 17 games at whatever position.

If we want to move from either of the guards, fine, but the draft is the place to take care of that.

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The thing that gives me pause about Ickey is that I still feel he is lacking in pass protection, the one critical component about being a left tackle. Yet, good luck on finding another LT and Ickey's agent will know that.

Boy, I was really spoiled watching Jordan Gross.

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2 hours ago, outlaw4 said:

The thing that gives me pause about Ickey is that I still feel he is lacking in pass protection, the one critical component about being a left tackle. Yet, good luck on finding another LT and Ickey's agent will know that.

Boy, I was really spoiled watching Jordan Gross.

That's true, but he's a elite run blocker. 

Honestly he could be fixed, he just needs loads and loads of snaps. The collective bargin doesn't allow, so Icky would need to do it on his time......

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